Beirut: Ergon Verlag GmbH, 2011. 351 p.* (Beiruter Texte und Studien, Band 130 / Orient-Institut Beirut) The authors of this beautifully published work, which contains a large number of facsimiles of documents and illustrations, do not need to be presented in detail. M. A. Rodionov is a Russian scholar of Arabic studies, a world-renowned expert in the field of Middle East and Arabian studies, whose articles and books are published in Russian, Arabic and English. In particular, his book "Classical Islam" was published in 2004, another book "Western Hadhramaut" (1994) was reprinted in English in 2007; in 2013, the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences published a voluminous work " Maronites: History, Traditions, Politics "(co-authored), which is being translated into Arabic. Currently, M. A. Rodionov has participated for many years in the Russian Integrated Expedition in the Republic of Yemen (since its foundation in 1983, then-the Soviet-Yemeni Integrated Expedition, SOIKE). This book is based on the scientist's South Semyon studies of the field seasons of the expedition from 1983 to 2008. Hanne Schoenig is a researcher at the Martin - Luther-Universitat (Halle-Wittenberg) Center for Interdisciplinary Regional Studies (ZIRS, Germany), a leading specialist in Arabic and Islamic studies.From 1996 to 2000, she also worked at the Archives of Sayyoun (Yemen). The main body of documents was made available for study and publication by the Al-Qatiri Yemeni Archive in Seyoun, Wadi Hadramaut. It covers the period from 1919 to 1958. However, the authors also analyze documents that go far beyond this time frame (texts from private collections and official publications): one monument from the collection of the famous Yemeni scientist-archaeologist Abdallah Ba Wazir is dated 1904; a document provided by the South Yemeni musician and writer Ali Ba Raja is dated 1970 Included are the official regulations of the Seyun district administrations concerning the ... Читать далее